Interview: The Klein family story – fined $135k for living out their faith

Aaron and Melissa Klein have been fined $135,000 and a “cease and desist” gag order placed on them against speaking out about what happened because they declined to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding.

“People don’t understand that it’s the hardest decision to make because you don’t want to hurt people and that’s not what our intention was at all…it wasn’t them as a couple – we served them in the past. It has to do with their event.”

“We had a booming business….from what we were making from the shop compared to now – our income is half.”

“I had thought of my kids taking over and being able to pass something like that on to them.”

A man from the street interviews: “I think the market is the better way to go about doing punishment vs. fining them.”